Re: [Tagging] Ace Hardware

2013-09-04 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/9/4 Marc Gemis marc.ge...@gmail.com But I'll admit that it would be better to if we could agree on using either name, brand or operator there is some level of consensus (at least on a national level) how to deal with gas stations, all three keys have their particular meaning, using

Re: [Tagging] Ace Hardware

2013-09-03 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.netwrote: i might look up hardware or hardware store. i probably wouldn't specify brand/franchise, but i'd want to see it in the results, e.g. Name Franchise Distance/Direction

Re: [Tagging] Ace Hardware

2013-09-03 Thread Richard Welty
On 9/3/13 1:18 PM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: With the URL one can argue that no other details are needed. think about it in terms of what you would search for and what you would want to see in the results. i might look up hardware or hardware store. i probably wouldn't specify brand/franchise,

Re: [Tagging] Ace Hardware

2013-08-30 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/8/30 Serge Wroclawski emac...@gmail.com And since each store is branded uniquely, and don't always use the name Ace Hardware in their name[1] or other material, I don't think brand fits either. But we may want to indicate that the relationship between store and co-op exists, so in this

Re: [Tagging] Ace Hardware

2013-08-30 Thread Serge Wroclawski
The difference between Ace Hardware and a company like McDonalds is that in McDonalds, you will have very strong branding associated with the franchise. A consumer goes into a store labeled McDonalds. But an Ace Hardware store is a complex beast, because the branding is all over the place, from

Re: [Tagging] Ace Hardware

2013-08-30 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/8/30 Serge Wroclawski emac...@gmail.com Each store prominently displays the Strosniders name and logo, employees wear the same uniforms, etc. They happen to be Ace Hardware storse, but as a consumer, I wouldn't know unless I was looking for it. i.e. you could tag them

Re: [Tagging] Ace Hardware

2013-08-30 Thread Greg Troxel
I don't think the distinction in their governance is important for a map. There's a slippery slope somewhere where osm becomes wikipedia. What's important is that there's a hardware store, and the name it is known by. I would use franchise. If you want to make up weak_franchise for stores that

Re: [Tagging] Ace Hardware

2013-08-30 Thread Richard Welty
On 8/30/13 9:12 AM, Greg Troxel wrote: I don't think the distinction in their governance is important for a map. There's a slippery slope somewhere where osm becomes wikipedia. What's important is that there's a hardware store, and the name it is known by. I would use franchise. If you want

Re: [Tagging] Ace Hardware

2013-08-30 Thread Brad Neuhauser
I don't like the co-op tag because normally co-op has the connotation that the user of the store is a co-op member, not that the store is at a higher level. i agree. a coop tag used in this manner will lead to confusion and mistagging. +1 ___

Re: [Tagging] Ace Hardware

2013-08-30 Thread Serge Wroclawski
Yeah, I think I like franchise too. cooperative is not really import from the consumer's standpoint. operator is good but separate, and yes there is overlap, just like there is with brand. Perhaps someone who likes to write will write this up as a proposal? - Serge

Re: [Tagging] Ace Hardware

2013-08-30 Thread John Sturdy
+1 for franchise=; that covers all types of franchises, and keeps clear of operator=. __John ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Ace Hardware

2013-08-30 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
While ACE is indeed a franchise since they file an annual FDD with the FTC how about something weaker than franchise? operator = North East McD Operating Company affiliation = McDonalds Corporation operator = Joe Smith, Proprietor. affiliation = ACE Hardware Corporation affiliation_2 =

Re: [Tagging] Ace Hardware

2013-08-30 Thread Serge Wroclawski
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Bryce Nesbitt bry...@obviously.com wrote: operator = Joe Smith, Proprietor. affiliation = ACE Hardware Corporation affiliation_2 = North East Hardware Cooperative This is exactly the kind of over-tagging I'd like to avoid. - Serge With ACE what's

Re: [Tagging] Ace Hardware

2013-08-30 Thread Johan C
It's also nice to keep things a bit simple in OSM, because all records in the database need correct input and maintenance. I'm already seeing a lot of confusion on petrol stations. Where I just want to find the nearest fuel station (yes, I would like to have 99% coverage of amenity=fuel in OSM

Re: [Tagging] Ace Hardware

2013-08-29 Thread Andrew Errington
Either they are associated with Ace Hardware, or they are not. If they are, then it's probably easiest to use brand=*. I doubt very much that they are a co-op. My suggestion: brand=Ace Hardware name=(the store name) operator=(the name of the owner) Best wishes, Andrew On 30 August 2013

Re: [Tagging] Ace Hardware

2013-08-29 Thread John F. Eldredge
I would use brand. They tend to have an Ace Hardware sign in addition to the individual store name, and Ace Hardware advertising flyers. Andrew Errington erringt...@gmail.com wrote: Either they are associated with Ace Hardware, or they are not. If they are, then it's probably easiest to

Re: [Tagging] Ace Hardware

2013-08-29 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Technically ACE (like their better known compatriots in Oak Brook, Il) is a franchise: http://www.franchisedirect.com/retailfranchises/ace-hardware-corporation-06448/ufoc/ It is just a really loose one, with no fixed territories of exclusive stocking agreement. The tag ACE is valuable, even if,